Astronomers are rethinking one of cosmology’s biggest mysteries: dark energy. New findings show that evolving dark energy models, tied to ultra-light axion particles, may better fit the universe’s ...

The 'Dancing with the Stars' judge is raising awareness of the autoimmune condition, Sjogren's disease Disney/Eric McCandless Carrie Ann Inaba is opening up about living with Sjogren's disease, an ...

There are two types of inflammation: acute and chronic. Acute inflammation is the kind that lasts a few hours, days, or weeks, and it’s helpful to healing. It’s your immune system’s response when ...

Inflammation is how the body tells us something’s not right. Usually, that’s a good thing. You get hurt, and inflammatory cells come to the rescue. “It’s a protective mechanism of the body when we ...

After undergoing six root canals over the years, Tippy McInerny wasn’t surprised when her dentist gave her several shots of a local anesthetic and stretched her mouth open for more than an hour while ...

Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical Solutions for Back ...

Nine out of 10 people with chronic kidney disease only find out when it progresses to later stages. Here’s what we know about its risk factors—and why there's new reason to hope for more effective ...

In physics, we have a bunch of constants that are used in models to explain how the world works. These are fixed numbers that we plug into equations along with our variables. For example, the ...

It's fun to think about the fundamental physical constants. These are special values used in our models of the physical universe. They include things like the speed of light, the gravitational ...

Planck’s constant is one of the most important numbers in all of physics. It is, essentially, the ultimate guide to the quantum world. It tells us where quantum effects are important, the fundamental ...